Seasonal link between food hoarding and burrow use in a nonhibernating rodent

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-160

  White, Jeremy A ^a,c   Geluso, Keith ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; burrow; Dipodomys ordii; food hoarding; Great Plains; kangaroo rat; larder hoard; scatter hoard; season; Yucca glauca

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CACHING; FROZEN GROUND; GRANIVORY; HABITAT USE; HIBERNATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRACKING;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; RODENTIA; YUCCA GLAUCA;

EID: 84863395040     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-031.1     Document Type: Article

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